"Sidney Poitier said, 'You are not Denzel [Washington], and you are not Morgan [Freeman]. You are a breath of fresh air, and don’t f*** with that!'" Murphy recalls.

The world will always remember actors Sidney Poitier and Diahann Carroll ... But what you may not know is that Poitier and Carroll were entwined in a steamy nine-year romantic affair that ended ...

Sidney Poitier told Eddie Murphy to not compete with actors like Denzel Washington or Morgan Freeman for a role in 'Malcolm X.' ...

Poitier was comparing Murphy to Denzel Washington and Morgan Freeman, who were both finding their footing as Hollywood leading men around the same time the Trading Places star burst onto the scene in ...

And Sidney Poitier said, ‘You are not Denzel [Washington], and you are not Morgan [Freeman]. You are a breath of fresh air, and don’t fuck with that!’” Murphy admitted he “didn’t know ...

Eddie Murphy was told by Sidney Poitier not to star in "Malcolm X," he reveals in Apple TV+'s “Number One on the Call Sheet." ...

And Sidney Poitier said [imitating Poitier's Bahamian accent], uh, ‘You are not Denzel, and you are not Morgan. You are a breath of fresh air. And don’t f--- with that.’ And I was like ...

Eddie Murphy has shared the advice Sidney Poitier gave him after he was approached to star in the 1992 film Malcolm X. Murphy, 63, who shot to fame on Saturday Night Live before establishing himself ...

he remembered. "And Sidney Poitier said, 'You are not Denzel, and you are not Morgan. You are a breath of fresh air, and don't f--- with that!'" Related: Ryan Reynolds believes Eddie Murphy should ...

And Sidney Poitier said, ‘You are not Denzel [Washington], and you are not Morgan [Freeman]. You are a breath of fresh air, and don’t f–k with that!’” He continued, ““I didn’t know ...